Comments on: MLB utilizing U.S. Forest Service to curb its broken bat problemhttps://mlb.nbcsports.com/2013/08/03/mlb-utilizing-u-s-forest-service-to-curb-its-broken-bat-problem/
Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball.Thu, 24 May 2018 19:46:43 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: jimeejohnsonhttps://mlb.nbcsports.com/2013/08/03/mlb-utilizing-u-s-forest-service-to-curb-its-broken-bat-problem/#comment-548581
Sun, 04 Aug 2013 17:14:52 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=489760#comment-548581One thing’s fer sure: almost everyone on this blog disapproves of aluminum bats.
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Sun, 04 Aug 2013 12:56:22 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=489760#comment-548422Great comment – I would love to see hickory bats – I wish there was some way I could make you MLB’s bat czar.
]]>By: sumerduckmanhttps://mlb.nbcsports.com/2013/08/03/mlb-utilizing-u-s-forest-service-to-curb-its-broken-bat-problem/#comment-548409
Sun, 04 Aug 2013 11:24:31 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=489760#comment-548409MLB is talking to the wrong folks if they want to solve their exploding maple bat problem.
Don’t talk to a scientist, talk to a cabinetmaker/woodturner.

The knowledge has been out there a long time, but is very time/money consumptive.
You have to go out in to the field to pick the tree, fell it, chop into lengths, then riv/split into the rough turning blanks. Riving the green wood follows the grain, instead of drying rough sawn boards and turning later which cuts across the grain and allows the wood to shear/break.
The rough blanks are then turned green to approx size, then stickered and air-dried ( NO kiln dried!) weakens the wood) for about 2-3 years before final turning/finishing. You will have a hell of a time busting one of those bats.

Some of the big boys like Chris Davis could go back to using hickory bats like the old timers. Will not bust one of those either.

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Sun, 04 Aug 2013 01:59:49 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=489760#comment-548262What about the other half of the bats used? Aren’t they ash instead of maple, and are they safer? Should maple be banned, or should other woods be tried?
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Sun, 04 Aug 2013 01:04:01 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=489760#comment-548224And that’s just the NL bats!
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Sun, 04 Aug 2013 00:57:01 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=489760#comment-548217Exactly what I thought of when I saw this headline.
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Sun, 04 Aug 2013 00:45:18 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=489760#comment-548211Hey if only someone had written about a “new” product that would prevent bats from shattering, over and over and over again:

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Sun, 04 Aug 2013 00:43:43 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=489760#comment-548209Time to go to aluminum
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Sun, 04 Aug 2013 00:19:34 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=489760#comment-54819725 % of those broken bats are from mariono rivera
]]>By: bigharoldhttps://mlb.nbcsports.com/2013/08/03/mlb-utilizing-u-s-forest-service-to-curb-its-broken-bat-problem/#comment-548191
Sun, 04 Aug 2013 00:12:04 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=489760#comment-548191“The scientists found that the more the cut of the wood strayed from the original grain, the more likely the bat was to shatter, …”

Geez, .. good to hear. I thought MLB was going to blame that on A-Rod too